A Bear Costume Was Used for an Elaborate Car Insurance Scam
How high do you have to be to hatch a scheme like this?
Four people in L.A. are facing insurance fraud charges after claiming a bear got into their 2010 Rolls-Royce and destroyed it.
They claimed it happened in January during a trip to Lake Arrowhead. And they had security footage to back it up, but that footage is what did them in.
Even though it's from a distance, you can tell it's obviously somebody in a bear COSTUME.
Officials launched an investigation called "Operation Bear Claw." They looped in a biologist at the California Department of Wildlife, who watched the video and told them it was "clearly a human in a bear suit."
The scratch marks in the car also looked weird and too evenly spaced. It turned out they'd used metal claws meant for shredding meat. Officials found the bear suit and the claws in one of the suspects' homes.
As dumb as the plan was, it turned out they'd actually pulled it off TWICE before with two other cars, both Mercedes. Together, the fraudulent claims netted them just over $140,000. (!!!)
Two of the suspects are 39, one is 32, and the other is 26. They're all facing charges for conspiracy and insurance fraud.
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A Thief Tried to Buy Nail Clippers During a Botched Robbery Attempt
Have you ever had to buy something random, just to use the restroom at a place where the bathrooms were "only for customers." This is sort of the CRIMINAL version of that.
A man in Texas tried to rob a Family Dollar a while back, but even though he acted like he had a gun, the clerk said the register would not open unless a purchase was made. So the man tried to buy NAIL CLIPPERS.
The clerk rang up the transaction . . . and the register did pop open . . . but the employee quickly closed the drawer as soon as it opened.
The robber got frustrated and stormed out. It's unclear if he actually purchased the nail clippers, or left with them.
The clerk called the police, and the cops caught up with him. He admitted to pretending to have a firearm in an attempt to rob the place. He was charged with robbery and resisting arrest.
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